BLANKET SAMPLER, SORATA, BOLIVIA, 19th C

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  • Lot: 189
  • October 2008 Vintage Clothing & Textile Auction
  • New Hope, PA
Finely woven by Sorata Indians of the Andes Mountains, off-center seam, black ground, bottom completely woven w/ rows of red & cranberry double weave owls & condors (reverses to black birds on red & cranberry grounds), sampler top w/ black ground & narrow triple band of stylized condors in dark green, red & cranberry, each end w/ narrow red & green saw-tooth edge, above bottom edge a row of embroidered yellow & blue flowers (later addition), 29" x 50", excellent.

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  • Price Realized: $ 258.75
  • Category: Ethnic Textiles
  • Era: 1890-1920
  • Condition: Excellent

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